[Elecraft] K3S & PC Win10 Soundcard

[Don Wilhelm]

Joe is entirely correct about this.  Anytime you add a soundcard, 
Windows will try to make that new one the default card.  That means that 
system sounds will go out through that soundcard you just added.  That 
goes for the internal USB AUDIO CODEC in the K3S or any other USB 
soundcard as well.

So when adding any soundcard for digital modes, check to be certain it 
is NOT the default soundcard after it is installed.

Windows does not know about those of us who use soundcards for purposes 
other than playing music and making the Windows Beeps.  They assume that 
we are all consumers who want to listen to our music through the new 
soundcard - that serves the majority of their customers, but not those 
of us who have a different purpose.

73,
Don W3FPR


On 7/8/2018 3:35 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:

> With Windows you *MUST* set up the sound cards before starting your
> apps (WSJTX and JT-Alert) as the sound card assignments change every
> time a sound card is added or removed.
>